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001			OTLid0000628
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005			20201105133347.0
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008			181014s2017 mnu o 0 0 eng d
020			_a9783946234753
040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
050		4	_aP51
100	1		_aKieviet, Paulus _eauthor
245	0	2	_aA grammar of Rapa Nui _cPaulus Kieviet
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bLanguage Science Press
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Phonology -- Chapter 3: Nouns and verbs -- Chapter 4: Closed word classes -- Chapter 5: The noun phrase -- Chapter 6: Possession -- Chapter 7: The verb phrase -- Chapter 8: The verb clause -- Chapter 9: Nonverbal and copular clauses -- Chapter 10: Mood and negation -- Chapter 11: Combining clauses
520	0		_aThis book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a 'neutral' aspect marker, a serial verb construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui's relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index.
542	1		_fAttribution
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on print resource
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _vTextbooks
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/628 _zAccess online version
999			_c19991 _d19991